The Last Dream: The perfect book for any Almodóvar fan

An intimate and mischievous story collection from legendary film director Pedro Almodóvar'A major literary talent’ KAVEH AKBAR, author of Martyr!'Akin to a Spanish Angela Carter' TELEGRAPHThe Last Dream brings together twelve stories from legendary film director Pedro Almodóvar’s personal archive.Delivering a tantalising glimpse into Almodóvar’s world, together they reflect his most intimate obsessions, as well as his daring evolution as an artist. Ranging from a beautiful chronicle of the death of Almodóvar’s mother in ‘The Last Dream’, to a love story between Jesus and Barabbas, a cult film director out in search of painkillers on a bank holiday weekend, the original story behind the film Bad Education, and a gothic tale of a repentant vampire, these mischievous stories delight and surprise. The Last Dream is a celebration of the relationship between life and art, fiction and reality, bursting with desire and playful humour. ‘A heady mix of factual and fictitious, befitting of one of